Sunday, December 18, 2016

Yahoo! Announces 1 Billion Accounts Were Hacked

How exciting for Yahoo as they have set a new record... What data was stolen this time?The hack which occurred in August 2013. Stolen data included users' names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and encrypted passwords. Those passwords used an encryption tool called MD5, which experts say is possible to crack. The data also included some security questions and answers, which weren't encrypted.More than 150,000 U.S. government and military employees are among the victims of Yahoo’s data breach, their names, passwords, telephone numbers, security questions, birth dates, and backup e-mail addresses are now in the hands of cybercriminals that could allow foreign intelligence services to identify employees and hack their personal and work accounts, posing a threat to national security. These employees had given their government accounts to Yahoo in case they were ever locked out of their e-mail. Former intelligence officials said the leak of government data could make the job of foreign spies easier, creating a hit list of targets for hacking.Yahoo also found that someone had found a way to forge web browser "cookies" that would allow them to gain access to users' accounts without logging in.This incident is separate from a breach Yahoo reported in September involving 500 million users that originally occurred in 2014.Did you know you can get protected from Identity Theft for as little as $9.95 a month? Get advice from an IDShield Licensed Private Investigator during normal business hours or get assistance in an emergency 24/7/365.

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